André Gagné

André Gagné is a Canadian religious studies academic. He is a full professor at Concordia University.

André Gagné
Academic background
Alma materUniversité de Montréal (BTh, MA)
Université catholique de Louvain (PhD)
Academic work
DisciplineReligious studies
InstitutionsConcordia University

Education

Gagné has a B.Th. (2001) and Master of Arts (2003) from l'Université de Montréal, and a conjoint Ph.D. from l'Université catholique de Louvain and l'Université de Montréal (2008).[1]

Career and research

Gagné taught from 2005-2008 at the joint department of religious studies at Laurentian University. He is a full professor at Concordia University. Gagné is a Fellow with the Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance (CSLP), [2] a research associate of the Centre de recherche Société, Droit et Religion de l'Université de Sherbrooke (SoDRUS), [3] and a co-researcher with the Centre d'expertise de formation sur les intégrismes religieux, les idéologies politiques et la radicalisation (CEFIR). [4] In 2017, he was Directeur d'études invité at École pratique des hautes études.[5]

Gagné's research focuses on Neocharismatic-Pentecostalism, evangelicalism, fundamentalism, the Christian Right, religious violence, and the interpretation and reception of the Bible and related literature (such as the New Testament Gospels, the Gospel of Thomas, the Gospel of Judas, the Nag Hammadi Library, and Gnosticism). He was also a collaborator on la bibliothèque copte de Nag Hammadi (BCNH) project at l'Université Laval from 2012-2019.

Awards and honors

In 2016, Gagné received the Opinion Leader of the Year Award for his involvement with the media in connection with the religious right, fundamentalism, radicalization and religious violence. He has also been awarded the 2010 CCSL Outstanding Contribution Award for excellency in teaching and student mentorship.[6] The same year, Gagné was awarded the New Scholar Award at Concordia University. The award recognizes outstanding scholarly achievement by a tenure-track faculty member.[7]

Selected works
  • Gagné, André (2020). Ces évangéliques derrière Trump. Hégémonie. démonologie et fin du monde (in French). Genève: Labor et Fides. ISBN 2830917243.
  • Gagné, André (2019). The Gospel According to Thomas. Introduction, Translation, and Commentary. Turnhout: Brepols. ISBN 250358490X.
  • Gagne, Andre; Loumakis, Spyridon; Miceli, Calogero (2016). The Global Impact of Religious Violence. Wipf and Stock. ISBN 978-1-4982-8306-9.
  • Gagné, André; Gignac, Alain; Oegema, Gerbern (2016). Constructing Religious Identities during the Second Temple Period / Construction des identités religieuses à l’époque de la période du Second Temple. Louvain: Peeters. ISBN 9042933720.
  • Gagné, André; Racine, Jean-François (2012). En marge du canon: études sur les écrits apocryphes juifs et chrétiens (in French). Paris: Cerf. ISBN 2204096091.
  • Gagné, André; Gignac, Alain; Paquette, Sylvie (2011). Le vivant qui fait vivre: esprit, éthique et résurrection dans le Nouveau Testament : mélanges offerts à la professeure Odette Mainville (in French). Montréal: Médiaspaul. OCLC 1032993341.

References
  1. "André Gagné's Faculty Page".
  2. "Centre for the Study of Learning and Performance".
  3. "Centre de recherche Société, Droit et Religion de l'Université de Sherbrooke".
  4. "Centre d'expertise de formation sur les intégrismes religieux, les idéologies politiques et la radicalisation".
  5. "EPHE".
  6. See article in the Concordia Journal, April 15, 2010
  7. Program of Dean's Awards ceremony held on October 15, 2010
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